This was one of those strange experiences you get when you reread a book as an adult that you haven't read since childhood. The book in question was Burnett's The Secret Garden. Like me, you may remember it vaguely as an uplifting Victorian tale about some bratty children who become nicer people through gardening.

( Then you realise that it's all about child abuse. )

( Spoilers for Collins' 'The Woman in White' )

When it first came out, I wrote a criticism of it, which I thought I'd post here, as well. The original post was here (with a threat for folks who thought you couldn't subject TV to cultural criticism I will dispense with for this community):

http://haddayr.livejournal.com/583821.html

( GleeFail. Oh. My. God. )

Hello everybody! To kick off, have an LJ post I wrote two years ago about a couple of episodes of Doctor Who, Season 4. The original post was here. I should mention in advance that despite the slightly ranty tone of this post, I am in fact a perfectly chirpy person.

( Spoilers for "The Unicorn and the Wasp" and "Forest of the Dead" )